Bolivian Spanish word
el mocochinchi · el somó
Meaning: dried-peach drink · sweet corn drink
How it is used in Bolivia
Cochabamba's street coolers, sold from big glass jars: mocochinchi is sun-dried peach boiled with cinnamon and sugar (you eat the peach at the bottom at the end); somó is thick, sweet corn. In this story a glass of mocochinchi is pinned at a fictional Bs 5.
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